by Dennis Dougherty | Jan 2, 2018 | News & Resources |
A preliminary hearing is a very important event in the criminal justice system. It is not where the Commonwealth has to prove you guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, but where the Commonwealth must show a prima facie case. Prima facie means correct until proved other...
by Dennis Dougherty | Apr 21, 2015 | News & Resources
Immunity for individuals who call in drug overdose can also cover the individual who overdosed. Pennsylvania State Senators unanimously passed a bill to offer immunity to drug users who call 911 when someone is having an overdose. The Pa. Senate voted 50-0 to pass...
by Dennis Dougherty | Apr 21, 2015 | News & Resources
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that police may not detain a traffic violator longer than needed so as to allow police time to conduct a dog sniff for drugs. Just after midnight on March 27, 2012, Dennys Rodriguez was spotted on a Nebraska highway veering slowly...
by Dennis Dougherty | Apr 21, 2015 | News & Resources
On March 30, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Grady v. North Carolina, held that requiring sex offenders to submit to GPS monitoring is a “search” under the Fourth Amendment. But the Court left open the larger question of whether or when such monitoring is constitutionally...
